Syria's downing of Turkish jet an "escalation"-Iraq

June 23, 2012|Reuters

BAGHDAD, June 23 (Reuters) - Syria's downing of a Turkishplane marks a serious escalation of the Syrian conflict, Iraq'sForeign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Saturday.

"The shooting down yesterday of a Turkish aircraft overSyrian territorial waters - this is a serious escalation andindication that the conflict would have far (a) bigger impactthan (on) Syria itself," he told a televised news conferencewith his Swedish, Bulgarian and Polish counterparts in Baghdad.